2008-07-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Israel received the bodies of two kidnapped Israeli soldiers from the Lebanese Hezbollah group as part of a prisoners swap between the two sides on Wednesday. Follow

2008-07-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain debated fiercely over Iraq policy in separate speeches Tuesday, but agreed on a need to shift focus to Afghanist

2008-07-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices plunged almost 7 U.S. dollars a barrel Tuesday, the biggest daily drop since 1991, due to fears that U.S. economic woes could hurt global oil demand. Lig

2008-07-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush lifted on Monday an executive ban on offshore oil drilling, while calling on Congress to act as well. "The American people are watchi

2008-07-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Monday that he would set a goal of having all U.S. combat brigades out of Iraq by summer 2010 and shift more reso

2008-07-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Iranian officials vowed on Sunday that the Islamic Republic would fight back against any attacks on it and "cut off the hands" of the invaders, amid heightened sp

2008-07-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES, July 13 (Xinhua) -- A joint proposal by Microsoft and activist investor Carl C. Icahn to buy out Yahoo has been rejected. In a statement issued Saturday night, Yahoo said it had rejec

2008-07-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

PARIS, July 13 (Xinhua) -- A summit of European Union (EU) and Mediterranean countries concluded Sunday with the approval of six cooperation projects as well as principles of the functioning of the Un

2008-07-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has listed his former rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as one of his vice president potentials, the Los Angeles Times

2008-07-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Crude futures closed above 145 U.S. dollars a barrel after surpassing the 147 dollars level for the first time Friday on supply concerns in Iran, Nigeria and Brazil.

2008-07-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama had widened his lead over his Republican rival, John McCain. The poll combining results of recent polls found Obama, the Illinois Senator, held an ei

2008-07-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush signed on Thursday a new bill that would provide legal immunity to telecommunication companies that take part in the government's surveil

2008-07-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran has successfully test-fired both medium- and long-range missiles in two consecutive days, in what many analysts described as a move to trigger grave concerns over sta

2008-07-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, July 11 -- Ever since the rise of the automobile in the 1950s, the American Dream has featured a home in the suburbs and two cars in the garage. Now the iconic white picket fence comes wi

2008-07-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The United States condemned Wednesday's "terrorist" attack that took place near the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey that killed a total of six people.

2008-07-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- With leaders of developed and emerging economies unable to agree on emissions targets during a special climate change summit held at a Japanese mountain resort, which cappe

2008-07-09 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. regulators will be engaged in a broad effort to strengthen the financial infrastructure, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. "In doing so,

2008-07-09 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's public demand for the U.S. troops withdrawal timetable from the country fueled on Tuesday the debate between Democratic presidenti

2008-07-08 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOYAKO, Japan, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Some African leaders and the UN chief on Monday called on the leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations to fulfill their commitments on increasing aid

2008-07-08 所属栏目:欧美文化

KABUL, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Militants fighting the Afghan government have been stepping up attacks on the administration through deadly suicide attacks and roadside bombings to destabilize the administr

2008-07-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

HARARE, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwean opposition MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai snubbed mediation efforts by South African President Thabo Mbeki when he, at the last minute, failed to turn up for a me

2008-07-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

ISLAMABAD, July 6 (Xinhua) -- At least ten policemen were killed in a blast in Pakistani capital Islamabad on Sunday evening, local TV channels reported. The explosion occurred in front of a polic

2008-07-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOKYO, July 5 (Xinhua) -- As the Group of Eight (G8) summit is to be held in northern Japan's Hokkaido early next week, the Japanese government has mobilized the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) and police

2008-07-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, July 6 -- Bertelsmann AG, the German media group, announced this weekend that it will close its Chinese book club and halt Shanghai Bertelsmann Culture Industry Co Ltd's business in China al

2008-07-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Tehran has responded to the package of incentives proposed by six major countries in a letter to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Iran's English-language Press TV sai